Appliance for producing musical sounds.



Patented Mar. 11. 1913.

A. STBINBR. V l

APP'LIANGB FOR PRQDUGING MUSICAL SOUNDS.. MPLIOATION FILED JUN; 24, 1912.

. Inventor Witnesses:

' subject lof the Emperor 'of- UNITED STATES PATENT' ALBIN STEINER,-OF SON NEBERG, GERMANY,

OFFICE AssIGNoR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS', To

MONROE M. SCHWARZSCHILD, OF YORK, N. Y.'

APPLIANCE' Fon rnonucnc iuvsrcnn soumis.

To all whom t may concern: 4

Be it known that I, ALBIN STEINER, a

Germany, residing at Schone Aussichtstrasse 2, Sonneberg, Germany, have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Appliancesv forV Producing Musical Sounds, of which the y, followin is a specification.

1 The o ject of this invention is to construct in an improved manner an appliancefor producing musical sounds on .being pressed. p

In slch appliances as d at, present constructed it- 'is necessary to produce a musical' sound or sounds to press upon one partielllar spot or to move the whole of`a side or sides s0 as to eject the air containedin the article past the reed and when such an apr pliance has been. fitted inside say a doll, it

often necessary' to press a number of @parte of the doll to find the exact s'potpthe pressure is to be applied.

f Y Now accordin lto my invention it matters 'not atwhat pomt the article is pressed a .Sound can. be emitted vand as a consequence Such article can bemade in the form '.of the 'ma -e init-he form o ple of carryinlg bod .of a doll orv uppet. or can be even it) a cushionfto sit upon,

or as playing balls and the like.

f "My invention 'will be 'clearly understood from` thefollowing description aided\by the annexed drawings which shows' one `eXam my invention into effect, Ithe construction t ere shown being as ofan or# dinary bag with one musical reed.` e

Figure 1 is al sectional elevation. of the appliance.l Fig. 2 Fig. 3 js a plan.

Copies 'of this patent may be obtained Specification o'f I.e t-ters Patent. v Application med June 24, 1912. serial No.

-' sounds is an outside edge view.

According to this invention the appliance is constructed from anfair proof flexible bag A having aiixed to it also in an. air tight manner,

a tube B containing a musical reed Patented Mar. 11', 1913.

C, and ,'sucli bag A is filled with horsehair f D or like substance so that when the bagl is,

pressedfat'any part the hors'ehair D vyields to the pressure and returns thepressed pori tion of the bag The flexible bag to s'uit the object of musical reeds such reeds may A toits original position'.

intended andany number can be connected to it and be A positioned v to produce can be made in any shape -i musical sounds. either by the expulsion due to pressing the bag or suction,*due to a rematerlal.

as my invention amilA de being 'filled withfresilient fibrous i 2. An appliance lfor producing musical -l I' sounds consisting of a flexible air proof bag of any shape and provided .with one-or'mo're musical reeds, the bag beingl filled with horse hair, substantially as andfor the pur pose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of'two subscribing witnesses. f/

ALBIN STEINER. Witnesses: i

H. LI CDO,

ALBERT Manin.

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-. Washington, I?. C. 

